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Linguistics and Philosophy (24)Thu, 14 Dec 2017 02:30:36 GMT2017-12-14T02:30:36Z24.03 Good Food: The Ethics and Politics of Food Choices, Fall 2012http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112132
24.03 Good Food: The Ethics and Politics of Food Choices, Fall 2012
Haslanger, Sally
This course explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the choices of food people eat. It analyzes the decisions individuals make about what to eat, how society should manage food production and consumption collectively, and how reflection on food choices might help resolve conflicts between different values.
Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1121322012-12-01T00:00:00Z24.973 Advanced Semantics, Spring 2005http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/53741
24.973 Advanced Semantics, Spring 2005
Fintel, Kai von; Heim, Irene
Current work on semantics and questions of logic and meaning for syntactic systems in generative grammar. From the course home page: Course Description This course is the second of the three parts of our graduate introduction to semantics. The others are 24.970 "Introduction to Semantics" and 24.954 "Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory". Like the other courses, this one is not meant as an overview of the field and its current developments. Our aim is to help you develop the ability for semantic analysis, and we think that exploring a few topics in detail together with hands-on practical work is more effective than offering a bird's-eye view of everything. Once you have gained some experience in doing semantic analysis, reading around in the many recent handbooks and in current issues of major journals and attending our seminars and colloquia will give you all you need to prosper. Because we want to focus, we need to make difficult choices as to which topics to cover. We tend to rotate topics from year to year to keep the course fresh. Eventually, we hope to have a text book that would allow you to work through some additional topics not covered in a particular instantiation of the course. Until then, our apologies. This time around, we will work on a number of topics involving intensionality: (1) modality, conditionals, scope in modal contexts, (2) tense, events, time adverbials, (3) questions.
Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/537412005-06-01T00:00:00Z24.00 Problems of Philosophy, Fall 2001http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34900
24.00 Problems of Philosophy, Fall 2001
Haslanger, Sally Anne
The course has two main goals: First, to give you a sense of what philosophers think about and why. This will be done through consideration of some perennial philosophical problems, e.g., the existence of God, reason and faith, personal identity and immortality, freewill, moral responsibility, and standards for moral conduct. We will draw on readings by important figures in the history of philosophy as well as contemporary authors. The second goal is to develop your philosophical skills, and your critical and argumentative skills more generally.
Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/349002001-12-01T00:00:00Z17.01J / 24.04J Justice, Fall 2002http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34887
17.01J / 24.04J Justice, Fall 2002
Cohen, Joshua, 1951-
This course explores three broad questions about the values of liberty and equality and their place in a just society: • Which liberties must a just society protect? Freedom of expression? Sexual liberty? Economic liberty? Political liberty? • What sorts of equality should a just society ensure? Equality of opportunity? Of economic outcome? Political equality? • Can a society ensure both liberty and equality? Or are these warring political values? We will approach these questions by examining answers to them provided by three contemporary theories of justice: utilitarianism, libertarianism, and egalitarian liberalism. To clarify these theories, and assess their strengths and weaknesses, we will discuss their implications for some issues about liberty and equality that are topics of current controversy and that exemplify the three broad questions about liberty and equality noted above.
Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/348872002-12-01T00:00:00Z